Statistical Genetics Seminar

Fall Quarter 2013
Tuesday 4:00-5:00, F643 HSB

Coordinators: Elizabeth Blue and Bruce Weir.
Topic: Y-chromosomes

CURRENT SCHEDULE

  • Oct 1: Introductions and organizational meeting

  • Oct 8: Jan Irhvan, Brenda, Alice Popejoy (with Sharon)
    Genetics of the Y: Hughes JF, Rozen S (2012) Genomics and Genetics of Human and Primate Y Chromosomes. Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics 13:83-108

  • Oct 15: Jean Morrison, Arne, Jun (with Liz Blue)
    Y-Haplogroups: Rootsi S et al. (2012) Distinguishing the co-ancestries of haplogroup G Y-chromosomes in the populations of Europe and the Caucasus. European Journal of Human Genetics 20(12):1275-1282.
    Sandoval K et al. (2012) Y-chromosome diversity in Native Mexicans reveals continental transition of genetic structure in the Americas. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 148(3):395-405.

  • Oct 22: Caitlin McHugh, Bowen (with Liz Blue)
    Y evolution: Livernois AM, Graves JA, Waters PD (2012) The origin and evolution of vertebrate sex chromosomes and dosage compensation. Heredity 108(1):50-58.

  • Oct 29: Lisa Brown, Tian, Jeremy (with Bruce)
    Disease Associations: Bloomer LD et al. (2013) Male-specific region of the Y-chromosome and cardiovascular risk: phylogenetic analysis and gene expression studies. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 33(7):1722-1727.
    Charchar FJ et al. (2012) Inheritance of coronary artery disease in man: an analysis of the role of the Y chromosome. The Lancet 379:915-922.

  • Nov 5: All
    Report from the ASHG meeting.

  • Nov 12: Charles Cheung, Taryn, Hoiyi (with Bruce, maybe Ellen?)
    Relationship: Ballantyne KN et al. (2012) A new future of forensic Y-chromosome analysis: rapidly mutating Y-STRs for differentiating male relatives and paternal lineages. Forensic Science International: Genetics 6(2):208-218.

  • Nov 19: Xiuwen, Fiona, Jiajin (with Bruce)
    Y-Autosomal Dependencies: Walsh B, Redd AJ, Hammer MF (2008) Joint match probabilities for Y chromosomal and autosomal markers. Forensic Science International 174(2-3):234-238.

  • Nov 26: All
    SQG Conference.

  • Dec 3: Serge Sverdlov, Eirik (with Bruce, maybe Tim)
    Y mixtures: Ge J, Budowle B, Chakraborty R (2010) Interpreting Y chromosome STR haplotype mixture. Legal Medicine (Tokyo) 12(3):137-143.